“Extreme Vetting” Escalates: U.S. Visa Applicants Must Now Turn Over Their Social Media History

The Trump administration has implemented a new policy, effective on Friday, that now asks most applicants for U.S. visas to provide information on their use of social media, according to The Hill.

Even temporary visitors will be required to list their social media identifiers in a drop-down menu, along with other personal information, when applying. Applicants for visas will be given the option to say that they don’t use social media, but if they are found to be lying, they could face “serious immigration consequences”, according to a U.S. Department of State official.

A spokesperson for the Department of State said:

“This is a critical step forward in establishing enhanced vetting of foreign nationals seeking entry into the United States. As we’ve seen around the world in recent years, social media can be a major forum for terrorist sentiment and activity. This will be a vital tool to screen out terrorists, public safety threats, and other dangerous individuals from gaining immigration benefits and setting foot on U.S. soil.”

These identifiers will be incorporated into more traditional background checks and examined against watchlists that are generated by the US government. In the future, applicants are also going to be required to disclose more extensive information on their travel history. These two changes result from a March 2017 executive order targeting “extreme vetting”, issued by President Trump. The state department had since noted its intent to implement the policy in March 2018.

The order is partly a result of the deadly shooting of 14 people in San Bernardino, California in 2015. The Obama administration faced criticism after the shooting since the shooter’s wife, Tashfeen Malik, had declared “terrorist sympathies” on social media before she was granted a U.S. visa.

Trump’s executive order is called “Protecting The Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into The United States.”

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Thank You Mr. President.
I’m so glad we now have a President who is genuinely concerned about the safety of this country and all Americans who call this great country home.
No more bringing thousands of Muslims in from Somalia, dropping them in areas where they could vote in Muslims to local offices, then in Washington.
We are seeing the results of what Obama did now.
AKA Rashida Talib and Ilhan Omar. Those are called plants, just like Valerie Jarrett and Huma Abedin. Have you ever wondered why both Obama and Hillary had handlers from Iran and Saudi Arabia? Think about it…….
I understand the political polarized environment of this country and its truly sad.
I also understand that the media is instrumental in this.
We as humans must take personal responsibility for waking up to what is truly occurring in our nation and on our planet.
We must stop allowing Politics to divide us.
We must understand that what is being played out to us in politics is all optics and a show. We must stop allowing them to control the narrative, by lapping up their narrative with such fervor that it turns us into salivating maniacs filled with hate.
I for one refuse to allow them to control me or my mind any longer.